EV Central

APRIL 2, 2024

Volkswagen Group performance brand Cupra has confirmed it is hatching a new large battery-powered SUV that will help it conquer new territories and see it battle more established premium rivals like BMW and Mercedes for the first time. We have the design models already ready – it’s a very impressive car in terms of design.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 29, 2022

From an attempt to drive an electric vehicle at a higher altitude than any before, to BMW signing a battery deal with CATL from 2025 onward, to various Lucid news and Tesla news, below is a roundup of electric vehicle stories you might have missed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2016

BMW is developing and testing a self-driving robot at the BMW Group’s Innovation Park in Wackersdorf. This center is the logistics hub for material management and just-in-sequence supply to BMW Group sites in ten different countries. Dirk Dreher, Vice President of Foreign Supply at the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2015

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the BMW Group, peiker acustic GmbH & Co. The Vehicular Small Cell is a mobile femtocell with wireless backhaul for mobile in-car applications. To address this problem, the BMW Group, network specialists Nash Technologies GmbH and automotive supplier peiker acustic GmbH & Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly technologies. Under the MOU, the two companies will collaborate on research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cell technologies. liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the BMW Group is unveiling the “Vehicular CrowdCell” research project. The BMW Group is teaming up with peiker and Nash Technologies to present a prototype of the “Vehicular CrowdCell” integrated into a BMW research vehicle. Low-power transmission also saves battery power.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The BMW i8 goes on sale in the US in 2014. BMW unveiled the BMW i8 2+2 plug-in hybrid sports car ( earlier post ) today at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show. liter BMW TwinPower Turbo engine and BMW eDrive technology plus intelligent energy management produces system output of 266 kW/362 hp (max.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

BMW is using the AS8510 , an integrated automotive data acquisition front-end integrated circuit (IC) from ams AG, a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, to provide extremely accurate battery voltage and current measurements in its i3 electric vehicles (EVs). Block diagram of the AS8510. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 5, 2013

The arrival of BMW into the electric vehicle market, with its new i3 supermini is sparking huge interest in battery-powered models and could help start a second wave motorists make the switch away from combustion power. Electric cars BMW'

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2018

As the auto industry plans more electric cars in higher volumes for the 2020s, one of the great debates is whether they will need to be designed from the ground up solely for battery power. Doing so allows designers to offer larger cabins due to the more compact drive motors and electronics.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2013

As we inch ever closer to the launch of the BMW i3 electric car (pictured), the German carmaker has revealed more details about the vehicle. In addition to the vehicle''s LifeDrive structure, the lithium-ion battery, power electronics and electric motor have all been manufactured independently by BM[.].

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The all-electric Kia EV9 has been voted the World’s Best Car for 2024 by the panel of journalists judging the Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year (WWCOTY). Prior to casting their votes, the 75 motoring journalists hailing from 52 nations diligently tested numerous car models, thoroughly evaluating every aspect.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The first customers for BMW’s first fully electric car, the i3, have received the keys to their new cars. New owners in Germany collected the keys to their new battery-powered superminis from the BMW Welt in Munich a day earlier than the official launch date last Friday (November 16, 2013).

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Green Cars News

JUNE 3, 2013

BMW''s highly anticipated electric car will be just one of the highlights of the forthcoming free-to-attend London Motorexpo, which opens later this month. It will be the first time the BMW i3 has been seen at a UK motoring event and the battery-powered model will be joined by other debutees incl[.].

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Citing Edmunds data that shows Mercedes-Benz dealers took an average of 82 days to sell the brand's battery-powered EQ models in September (double BMW's 38-day turnaround rate while also being above the luxury segment average of 57 days), the outlet was hoping to shed some light on the matter.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The battery-powered Polestar 6 roadster has been heralded a huge success after the first batch of 500 cars were snapped up following its official debut in the US. READ MORE: Forget Tesla!

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2017

Recent patent filings suggest Mazda’s next Wankel engine will equip a battery-powered car, not a rear-wheel drive heir to emblematic sports coupes like its RX-7 and RX-8. Mazda has invested more time and money into the rotary engine than any other automaker, so executives are reluctant to let it fade away into history.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Germany’s VDA, an interest group for the country’s automobile industry, says that battery-powered vehicles are likely to see a decline from 524,000 units last year – more than any other European market – to 451,000 units this year. million cars, compared to the 78.8 million cars. million cars. million this year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

CharIN was founded by Audi, BMW, Daimler, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen to focus on developing and establishing the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging battery-powered electric vehicles of all kinds. Earlier post.).

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EV Info

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With just three Hydrogen refuelling station in the UK, convincing motorists to purchase a Hydrogen powered car was always going to be tough. Now it seems that Shell has seen the light and pulled the plug on all its hydrogen car refuelling stations in Britain after the low-carbon technology failed to catch on with motorists.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

The new EX60 will rival premium models from Tesla, Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. According to Volvo Cars’ chief commercial officer and deputy CEO, the EX30 is helping boost sales. Erik Severinson, chief product and strategy officer at Volvo Cars, calls it an “evolution of the Volvo-developed platform.”

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 1, 2023

While the small crossover will live on in other parts of the world with a rotary range extender, mimicking what BMW did with the i3 with some Mazda-specific flair, the company’s first all-electric vehicle seems to have been a flop in North America.& The Mazda MX-30 EV will be pulled from the U.S. & Let’s be objective.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 28, 2022

We started with the flashiest EV in the lineup, the 2022 BMW i4 M50. BMW i4 M50. Next up was the VW ID4 Pro, an all-wheel-drive version of the model that I drove a few months before in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the car will be built starting next month. 2) BMW i4 M50. Drives like a BMW. RANGE: 301 miles.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2013

Not all plug-in electric cars rely on battery power alone; some also have gasoline engines as backups, for longer range or more power. This year, the list gains three new entries (from BMW, Cadillac, and Mitsubishi) and loses one (the Fisker Karma). Note that we''re lumping.'

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

Volvo Cars is suspending sedan sales in the United Kingdom and it looks like North America could be next if we consider the brand’s rationale. The company’s plant in South Carolina (which builds the S60) is also presently being converted to focus on battery-powered SUVs intended for Volvo and Polestar.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them. The major difference?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Porsche is now the fourth German OEM to realign its motorsport strategy this year to enter Formula E, following Audi ( earlier post ), BMW ( earlier post ) and Mercedes-Benz ( earlier post ). Porsche has already taken the first steps towards developing its own Formula E racing car this year.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The 2024 Lucid Gravity has been pencilled in for an unveiling at the upcoming LA motor show on November 16, providing new powerful seven-seat opposition to the likes of large battery-powered SUVs like the Tesla Model X, BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2012

At last week’s Paris Auto Show, BMW unveiled the Concept Active Tourer, a compact plug-in hybrid wagon powered by a combination of battery power and a 3-cylinder gasoline engine. At the moment, BMW’s new 1.5-liter,

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 16, 2022

BMW (8.3%), Audi (7.1%), and Hyundai (6.3%), EU-EVs data shows. This year alone, nearly 120,000 EVs have been sold in Norway, and as the story of battery-powered cars is not in its early phases, the more stations available to drivers is nothing but an advantage they will likely welcome. percent of sales.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Preparations are underway in Zuffenhausen for the production of Porsche’s first purely battery-powered sports car, the Mission E. Using fast charging, it will be possible to charge its battery by 80% in just 15 minutes. “ In Norway, 90% of all Panamera customers order a hybrid model, while in Finland the figure is 85%.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Morgan Motor Company has rolled out a new concept for an all-electric sports car based on its second-generation Morgan Super3. Called the Morgan XP-1, the new battery-electric concept is said to preview the small British firm’s latest EV tech, rather than pave the way for a zero-emission three-wheeler Morgan.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. However, they make attractive second cars and commuter modules, especially when they’re used. It supplements, not replaces, the traditional fossil-fuel car. A new old brand.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

According to Toyota’s India boss, the battery will also have a “very good” life expectancy. Electric cars made up about 2% of overall vehicle sales in India last year, but the nation aims to reach 30% by 2030. Toyota’s first solid-state battery-powered EV was due out in 2021, then it was in 2022.

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EV Central

JANUARY 3, 2024

Fresh details suggest Volvo is on track to launch an all-new battery-electric replacement for the current S90 that will be named the Volvo ES90 when it hits showrooms in 2025. Thanks to its new platform, the Volvo should maximise passenger space as it gets a huge 3100mm wheelbase – 105mm longer than the bigger BMW i5.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2017

BMW has established solid electrification credentials. With BMW i, the BMW Group was the first German manufacturer to make a clear commitment to electromobility, notes BMW AG Management Board Chairman Harald Krüger. In addition to these measures, the BMW Group is preparing an EU-wide fleet-renewal campaign.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Here we offer our pick of the top 10 green cars at the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show: Ford Focus EcoNetic – With its start/stop engine technology, the Ford Focus EcoNetic promises to break the 100g/km carbon dioxide (CO2) threshold with emissions of just 99g/km. Lexus LF-Ch – Considered a rival to the BMW 120d and the Audi A3 2.0

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